Researchers from The University of Sydney have developed a mathematical model to accurately represent the way icebergs melt into oceans. 

Previous studies assume that icebergs melt uniformly in ocean currents. However, Lead researcher Eric Hester says that icebergs can melt at different speeds depending on their shape. 

In Greenland and Antarctica, around half of their melting ice can be attributed to icebergs.

University of Queensland researchers have found that asthma in adults may result in dangerous flu mutations.

The PGA, a non-allergic form of Asthma suppresses the immune system and combined with influenza's quick replication can cause more frequent mutations.

UQ researchers say that they first saw this in the 2009 swine flu epidemic and have seen that the covid-19 UK variant arose because of a prolonged infection in an immunocompromised patient.

The Palaszcuk Government will appoint an independent taskforce to consult on coercive control legislation.

Coercive control is a form of non-physical domestic and family violence which includes behaviours such as controlling what someone wears, limiting financial independence and tracking someone's location.

The person who will chair the task force is expected to be announced later today.

If you are experiencing feelings of emotional distress please contact lifeline on 13 11 14.

Kabi elders in Gympie are calling for supporters to urgently join them at the sacred Djaki Kundu site today.

The site commonly known as the Gympie pyramids is under threat by the expansion of the Bruce highway, the Department of Transport and Main Roads gave Kabi elders an eviction notice to vacate the site within 48 hours.

Kabi elders are calling for supporters to join them or contact Minister Mark Bailey to withdraw the eviction notice.

More than 60 people are dead and hundreds are missing near the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa after a boat capsized in the Congo River. The DRC Minister for Humanitarian Action says 700 people were on the boat when it capsized. The capsizing has been attributed to the overloading of people and cargo on the boat.

The World Health Organisation approved the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use last night in a move that will facilitate the vaccination of millions of people in developing nations. While wealthy countries have been able to secure vaccines on their own, much of the developing world relies on the W-H-O for its jabs. The AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper and easier to distribute than the already-approved Pfizer vaccine, making its rollout less of a burden for overwhelmed health systems around the world.

More than 155 stakeholders, including thirteen retired judges have signed an Open Letter to the Attorney-General opposing the Federal Government’s bill to abolish the specialist, stand-alone Family Court. The family court merger bill would collapse the Family Court into the Federal Circuit Court. Stakeholders call for 3 years for the merger not to be passed due to concern it would cause devastating impacts on families.

Real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle’s chief executive Stephen Conry says he does not believe pundits’ optimism for the stay-at-home work model, asserting that we will be returning to the office as soon as possible.bHe says if an employer asks workers to come into the office ‘then you are sort of obliged to turn up’ and that working from home has just as many inconveniences as an office environment. The statement goes against recent speculation that stay-at-home work may outlast the COVID-19 pandemic and become the work model of choice in the future.

A group of doctors published an article yesterday in the Medical Journal Of Australia on recent advances in non-invasive prenatal testing. Brisbane maternal-foetal medicine specialist, Doctor Joseph Thomas explains false positives for rare conditions can lead to invasive testing and unnecessary anxiety in pregnant women. Doctor Thomas works from Mater Health Services in Brisbane and says pre-test counselling needs to improve.